Kamis, 08 Mei 2014

Although there are many diet and exercise programs on the market today, there are very few specifically designed with a woman’s body and lifestyle in mind. One plan that was specifically designed as a method to completely reshape a woman’s physique is the Venus Factor System.

The Venus Factor System was created by John Barban, a well-respected fitness expert known around the globe. John Barban has an extensive background in all areas of fitness, including a Master’s Degree in Human Biology, experience as a fitness Physiology professor and extensive research into proper nutrition. In addition, he also spent almost 10 years assisting major brands in the development of sports and weight loss supplements. Some of the many brands he has worked with include MuscleTech, Slimquick, BlueStar Nutraceuticals and NxLabs.

Although he worked extensively in fitness for a long period of time, John Barban’s true claim to fame is the Adonis Index Workout, a workout plan designed specifically for men. The Adonis Index Workout has helped men all over the world obtain their ideal physique in record time. When it came to women, however, the Adonis Index Workout was not a good fit. Women were not able to shed weight and burn fat with the plan the same way that men were.

After seeing female friends and relatives struggle with their weight, Barban decided to research the female body and discover what caused them to retain fat so much more compared to men. After studying women’s fitness plans and nutritional habits, Barban realized that the cause behind a women’s inability to burn fat as men do was their leptin levels. Leptin is a hormone that aids the body in burning fat. Women have a lot of this hormone, but the female body also tends to resist it. When a female starts dieting and reduces calorie intake, leptin levels drop drastically and fat burning slows down. When Barban discovered this, he immediately realized the problem, created a method to solve it and called it the Venus Factor System.

The Venus Factor System is a twelve week weight loss program that includes both nutritional and fitness guidelines. The plan was designed to ignite a woman’s metabolism and increase fat burn to deliver dramatic, lasting results. It is not a program that will simply enable a woman to lose weight, but will also help her get toned, build stronger muscles and obtain an overall fitter body both inside and out.

According to John Barban, the plan was designed for those that have at least 10 pounds to lose. It comes with all of the tools necessary to begin the program, and help women everywhere finally beat the battle of the bulge that they have been losing with programs not specifically designed for them.

Venus Factor Workout System

The Venus Factor Workout System is a series of workout videos to be done throughout the 12 week plan, and a written manual that will explain each of the exercises and workouts as well. The workouts consist of cardio combined with strength moves. It is comparable to a typical High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) workout found in many of the popular weight loss programs today. HIIT is well known for giving you a whole body workout in half the time it would take you with a traditional gym workout. HIIT involves short bursts of energy done at a fast rate of speed with little to no rest in between. Although the workouts are somewhat short, at approximately 30 minutes each, they will deliver results that make it seem as if you spent hours per day at the gym.

If you are fairly new to fitness and/or not familiar with strength training in general, there are additional instructional videos on the various moves and exercises performed in the workouts available on the Venus Community. The workout program itself features over 140 video coaching lessons to help you truly understand the method and reasons why these exercises are so effective.

Watching some of the instructional videos prior to beginning the Venus Factor will help you get the most of the exercises since proper form will lead to proper results. When strength moves are performed with incorrect form, they will not be as effective and can also lead to injury. Improper form can lead to muscle, tendon and/or ligament damage, therefore it is best to know how to perform the moves properly prior to beginning any type of fitness program.

In addition to the workout videos and instructional manual, the workout program includes an informational section that explains several key tips that can improve weight loss. These tips include:

- Why shorter workouts are more effective.
- Why women need workouts that are tailored specifically to them versus doing workouts that men perform.
- Exercises that women should avoid because they inhibit weight and fat loss versus improving them.
- Exercises women should do to help boost metabolism, increase leptin sensitivity and increase the body’s fat burning rate.

Venus Factor Diet and Weight Loss Manual

Accompanying the workout plan and videos will be a lengthy and very detailed Venus Factor Diet and Weight Loss Manual. The manual is a 180 book that will teach you all that you need to know about how and why the Venus Factor Program can help you reach your dream body. The manual was specifically geared towards woman and their physiology with scientific data backing its content. It is dense, yet written in a manner that makes it very easy to understand. In it you will find exactly what you need to eat and when you need to eat it for the entire 12 weeks on the plan. It focuses specifically on women’s problem areas and promises to “disintegrate fat” from them if done correctly. The manual promises these results even while allowing women to enjoy foods such as pizza, ice cream and chocolate!

As soon as you begin reading the book, you will gain an understanding for how the program works and what its main goal is. John Barban clearly explains that the fastest way to achieve the fat burning results you are looking for is by doing a workout program and adding a diet plan that is designed specifically with a woman’s body and physique in mind.

Some of the topics and vital tips discussed in detail in the Venus Factor Diet and Weight Loss Manual include the following:

- A list of foods that inhibit weight loss by affecting the body’s reaction to leptin.
- A trick to spike your metabolism, elevate leptin levels and keep them high even while you sleep.
- The key nutrient every woman needs to succeed to burn fat, increase energy levels and lose weight effectively.
- An herb that has been proven effective in increasing leptin sensitivity in a woman’s body.

How Does the Venus Factor Work?

The Venus Factor 12 week program is broken down into two parts, fitness and diet, because these are the two components that lead to weight loss. The diet program is also broken down even further into 6 phases lasting two weeks long each throughout the 12 week period. John Barban describes these phases as the Metabolic Override Program.

Metabolic Override Program

During each of the two week phases in the Metabolic Override program, you will be following either the 5 & 1 Protocol or 2 & 1 Protocol. The 5 & 1 protocol means you will be eating less for the first five days that week, and then increasing your calorie intake on the sixth. The 2 & 1 rule has you eating less for the first two days, then increasing either your fat, protein or carbohydrate intake on the third day. These protocols are prescribed bi-weekly during the phases of the diet as follows:

The book includes a whopping 80 different meal plans for you to follow that vary in calorie range from 1,000 calories per day up to 1,700. You have a choice of 10 different meal plans for each calorie range, each including three meals and three snacks per day. You can also mix and match foods in the meal plans to create any combination you would like as long as you are sticking to your calorie count each day.

The Venus Factor Manual also offers a lot of variety within its meal plans, and lets you choose which one better suits your tastes and food preferences. The plans include a list of ingredients for each of the meal meals and snacks. They make it easy to get your grocery shopping done, and plan meals ready for the week ahead.

After a detailed description of what your diet should look like while on the plan, John Barban goes on to explain how and why the Venus Factor is so successful in helping women everywhere finally lose the weight. It breaks down the diet even down to explaining how many calories some of your individual organs burn.

BMR

One reason the Venus Factor is so popular is that it individually creates a plan specifically designed for each user by incorporating the body’s metabolic rate (BMR). Your BMR is used to determine what your daily caloric intake should be in order to lose weight, maintain or even gain. In the manual, Barban explains how to figure out your BMR and plan your meals around it to reach your desired weight loss goals.

In addition to determining your BMR, the plan also incorporates a specific meal plan that outlines what your meals should consist of and how many times per day you should be eating. This will allow you to pre-plan your meals according to your BMR and stay within your calorie range each day. The manual even goes as far as explaining how many calories your body burns in a sitting position; down to how much some of your organs burn individually.

Reverse Taper Diet

In addition to John Barban’s Venus Factor Diet being thoroughly explained in the book, you will also find that Brad Pilon, the boo’s co-author, also includes information on his Reverse Taper Diet. It is another diet plan created by Pylon, and it is only found in the Venus Factor program or other books written by Pilon.

The Reverse Taper Diet explains why, as you lose weight, you need to eat more instead of less. Pylon explains that, as you lose weight, your BMR shifts. Your body fat percentage goes down and muscle mass goes up. It takes more calories to sustain muscle mass, therefore you need to consume more to maintain it. The basis behind this is that if you do not eat enough, your body will begin to burn muscle instead of fat for fuel. In order to continue losing weight, the body needs fuel to continue burning fat and fuel comes from healthy, nutrient rich foods.

This program is definitely comprehensive and includes a lot of extras for such a low price tag. With that said, there are pros and cons to every weight loss plan, including the Venus Factor.

Pros

- Virtual Nutritionist App makes it easy to know how much you should be eating
- Lots of meal plans to choose from and daily combinations to make from them
- The 180 page manual clearly explains how and why the diet works.
- It does not kill you with exercise, incorporating workouts only three days per week versus six or seven.
- The workouts are very easy to do and include instructional videos online through the Venus Community to explain each exercise performed.
- The plan is designed specifically for a woman’s body.
- The plan is inexpensive considering everything you get for it and compared to other similar programs.
- You can get your money back if you are not happy within 60 days of trying it.

Cons

- Hard to believe that exercises will reshape muscles. Building them up is proven through exercise but there is no evidence to show you can change their shape.
- Too many testimonials throughout the manual.
- You cannot do the plan with your spouse as you would do other fitness programs because it is designed for women only.

The Bottom Line

When you look simply at the 180 page Venus Factor Weight Loss Manual, you get a good idea at how thorough the program is. Everything you would ever want to know about the diet, fitness and physiology behind the plan is included and is written in a simple way for everyone to understand. If you follow the program exactly as it states, including using the app to figure out your metabolic rate, following the eating plans and incorporating exercise, you will lose weight. The diet plan is not difficult to follow and includes plenty of variety to avoid boredom and repetition with meals. It has all of the tools you will need to lose weight. All you need to do is apply them and stay on the plan for the 12 week duration.

There are few plans out there designed for women and, out of the few there are, this is by far one of the best. It addresses issues that specifically affect the female body when it comes to weight loss, such as leptin resistance, a slower metabolism and weight loss plateaus, and helps overcome them.

The Venus Factor Program is definitely worth a shot if you have 10 pounds or more to lose. If you are not satisfied for any reason, it offers a 60 day money back guarantee. You simply return the program prior to the 60 day period after receiving the plan and you will be refunded 100% of the cost. You really have nothing to lose.